COMPANY GUIDE :NEW ZEALAND COMPANY INFORMATION

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Overview and research strategies

  • Company information can be sourced from a variety of places.
  • Depending on the type of information required, it may be necessary to look in a number of resources - this will take time to do
  • Confidentiality or commercial sensitivity will be the most likely reasons for some information not being available.
  • For small and most unlisted companies in New Zealand information is very limited, particularly financial information.
  • It may be useful to do a GUIDED KEYWORD search on Voyager to find company information in books or chapters in books. A SUBJECT HEADING search using the heading business enterprises new zealand may also be useful.
  • Additional resources to check include databases which index journals.You can often piece together information about a company by analysing information from journal and newspaper articles
  • The guide on Competitive intelligence may be useful for learning about and applying some of the research strategies outlined in the linked resources
  • The guide on New Zealand industry information may be useful as many of the resources include specific company information eg the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise website and the Commerce Commission particularly the Public Registers section which includes company's submissions and Commission decisions.
  • For electricity companies see the guide on Energy.
  • If you need clarification about the way companies startup see the BIZ : Business Information Zone website, the resources listed for Doing business in New Zealand, and information on the New Zealand Companies Act 1993
  • For additional legal information regarding companies see the guide on New Zealand legal resources for business students
  • A google search can be useful
  • See also a flow chart - Finding New Zealand Company Information
  • You may not always be able to find the exact information you require and you may not find an instant answer - you may have to state in an assignment that you could not find the exact information, or you may have to surmise by analysing the information gaps.

Profiles

  • Factiva
    Under the Companies/Market tab, the Company Quick Search gives a brief business description, list of key competitors, latest news/press releases/trade articles, plus in some cases a company history.
  • Investment yearbook NZP 332.60995 N27
    One page on each listed company giving directory-type information, latest 4 years financial summary, an overview and a comment on company performance. There are lists of dividends paid and pay date for the latest year, an announcements calendar, and a ranking of NZX and major ASX companies by market cap.
  • NZX Deep archive (formerly IRG Online) Information on listed companies. There are financials, announcements, annual reports, top 50 shareholders, prices and forecasts, investment profile, financial profile, company news, dividend diary, 30 day prices, 12 month and 5 year charts.
  • Mergent online
    Includes company synopsis, history, joint ventures, subsidiaries, long term debt, executives, and news. Covers around 140 listed companies (includes active and inactive).
  • New Zealand company register. NZP 338.740995 N56.
    Similar to the Investment yearbook with usual directory information plus summary financial information and a comment or overview of the company.
  • New Zealand Business Who's Who online
    A listing of companies, private and public. Information given for each company includes the address, phone/fax number, names of directors, executives, bankers, auditors and solicitors, number of employees (not given for every company), parent company or affiliates, industry or service group, brand names and products. No financial information.

Directories Top of page

There are many electronic listings of companies. These can usually be found through an internet search engine. The following are a select listing of some of the major electronic and print sources.

  • a'Courts A listing of over 15,000 New Zealand companies listed under product headings, brands listed alphabetically with suppliers, companies listed under trade headings and an alphabetical list of companies with at least a street location and phone number given.
  • Biosphere New Zealand company directoryLists companies in 9 primary biotechnology industry sectors.
  • Companies office Free information on this site includes directors, shareholders, company address, certificates of incorporation, company constitutions - basically any document not in pdf format.
  • Company links from Sharechat. List and links to companies on the NZX main board, unlisted securities market and new capital market.
  • Association of Crown Research Institutes (ACRI)
  • Directory of New Zealand exporters from the NZTC
  • HiGrowth companies - companies in the ICT sector
  • Kompass [University of Auckland only]. An international business directory with information on over 16,000 New Zealand companies.Directory type information plus a list of company products and services. No in-depth financial information.
  • Meat and Wool New Zealand Trade Directory - brief directory information searchable by market, product and brand.
  • New Zealand Business Who's Who online
    A listing of companies, private and public. Information given for each company includes the address, phone/fax number, names of directors, executives, bankers, auditors and solicitors, number of employees (not given for every company), parent company or affiliates, industry or service group, brand names and products. In the print edition information can be accessed by company name, company ownership, directors, industry or service group, brand name, product and service, exporters and agency. Financial information is not given. New Zealand business who's who in print. (Incomplete holdings form 1948) NZP 658.058 N53.
  • New Zealand Incubators Lists and links to business incubator sites.
  • State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) List and links from CCMAU.
  • UBD New Zealand Business Directory
  • Who owns whom. Australasia, Asia, Middle East & Africa. 338.8 W62 [Business Quick Ref. Level M]. A directory of parent, associate and subsidiary companies. Coverage is wide ranging to include all types of industry. Information can be accessed by the names of parent companies and by subsidiaries.

Annual reports Top of page

  • Many companies now have their annual report on their website.
  • The annual reports of companies listed on the NZX are available electronically on the NZX Annual Reports database.
  • Print copies of annual reports of SOEs, producer boards, regional councils and such like, are on the shelves in the New Zealand and Pacific Collection on Level G in the General Library with the books and journals. Search on Voyager for call number and holdings information.
  • Microfiche copies of some public listed New Zealand company annual reports from 1980 to 1994 (Australian Graduate School of Management annual report file) are kept in the Special Collections Microtext Roomon Level G.
  • Currently enrolled University of Auckland postgraduate students and teaching staff have access to the historical collection of New Zealand company annual reports - to view these please contact Margaret Tibbles, Julie Sibthorpe

NZXAnnual Reports [University of Auckland only]
Online full text access to the annual reports of New Zealand domiciled companies listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange from 1998 onwards. Each annual report is broken into separate small pdf files. Includes delisted companies.

Mergent online[University of Auckland only]
Annual reports for listed companies. Start dates vary, some having coverage from 1989 onwards, others from 1996 onwards. Each report opens as a pdf file and is simply a scan of the original print copy annual report.

Financial information Top of page

Financial results (including those of multinationals operating in New Zealand) must be reported to the Companies Office. The legislation governing this is the Financial Reporting Act. New Zealand Acts (or Statutes) are available full text in LexisNexis NZ [helpsheet] and Brookers Online [helpsheet].See also the Financial Reporting Act 1993 - review of

  • Company statistical review service. NZP 338.740995 C73.
    This publication covers the time period 1968 to 1983 and as such is good for historical information. Companies are listed alphabetically by company name. Usually there is a brief history of the company and a brief description of its activities (by broad industry grouping and/or product category). Sometimes there is also a very brief extract from the company annual report. The years of financial data given include a consolidated balance sheet, often with 3 or 4 years data, and an analysis of accounts giving 3 to 10 years data. The detail of information given is variable. Under its later title, Listed company financial information, the kind of financial information given, but not consistently, includes capital summary, profit analysis and ratios, share prices and P/E ratio, investment performance and balance sheet summary.
  • NZX Deep archive (formerly IRG Online) [University of Auckland only]
    Information on listed companies and NZX prices and sectors. Has financials, announcements, annual reports, top 50 shareholders, prices and forecasts, investment profile, financial profile, company news, dividend diary, 30 day prices, 12 month and 5 year charts.
  • Datastream [University of Auckland only, teaching staff, post graduate students currently enrolled for Honours, Masters or PhD.]
    Company accounts and time series equity data for listed companies.
  • Electricity information disclosure (Commerce Commission)
  • Factiva Good for obtaining stock prices for listed companies worldwide, and also directors, and recent news items. Use the companies/markets button at top of the screen, and click Quotes for prices, or Company for recent news, and company snapshot. Once you have obtained your company you are offered news, financial reports or you can build a report such as a competitor analysis.
  • Mergent online [University of Auckland only]
    Includes listed New Zealand companies (active and inactive). Financial data downloadable as xls files. Includes income statement, balance sheet, ratio analysis.
  • Moneyonline
    NZX and ASX prices and dates plus company annual reports
  • New Zealand company register. NZP 338.740995 N56.
    Summary financial information and a comment or overview of the company is given.
  • New Zealand financial institutions performance survey. NZP 332.10995 P36.
    From KPMG this annual publication gives data for registered banks, finance companies and savings institutions. Data is included under the headings size and strength measures, growth measures, credit quality measures, profitability measures and efficiency measures.
  • New Zealand Gazette.
    Online: notices from 1993, pdfs of each issue from 2000 onwards.Print: NZP 354.95 N533. 1854 onwards.
    Not financial information as such but the Company Notices include appointment and release of receivers/managers/liquidators, removals, and applications for winding up.
  • NZX
    NZX Financial reports
    Fact book [Voyager record]
  • Weekly diary NZX
    Voyager lists the locations for the Weekly diary whcih is published from August 2007 online through the database i-search
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers has the the Cost of capital report which 'provides estimates for selected New Zealand listed companies of earnings multiples, equity betas and their Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC'
  • SDC Platinum [University of Auckland only, teaching staff, post graduate students currently enrolled for Honours, Masters or PhD].
    Specialist database with some information on new ventures and mergers and acquisitions.
  • Securities Commission
    Reports into various IPOs and capital market issues. See in particular the publications.
  • Sharechat.co.nz
    for news, education, market data,NZX weekly diary and links to financial newspapers and magazines.
  • Stock exchange announcements [University of Auckland only].
    Company announcements by all currently listed and formerly listed companies since February 1988.
  • 'Private' companies.
    Financial data can be difficult to find free in the public domain. The two best resources to use are:
    Media reports: Search the various databases, in particular NewzText and Factiva.
    Companies Office: See the Annual Returns held at the Companies Office.

Sources of share price information:

Current share prices
Today's price - NZX website, (30 minute delay)

Historic prices

Factiva Good for obtaining stock prices for listed companies worldwide, and also directors, and recent news items. Use the companies/markets button at top of the screen, and click Quotes for prices, or Company for recent news, and company snapshot. Once you have obtained your company you are offered news, financial reports or you can build a report such as a competitor analysis

New Zealand Herald prints previous day’s high, low and close, P/E ratio etc

NZX Deep archive -  High, low and close back to 1990

Datastream, historic prices for NZ listed and delisted companies back to 1973 (restricted use-see Connect page)

Rankings Top of page

  • New Zealand Management [Australia New Zealand Reference Centre & Business Source Premier (have the full text as pdf files),Newztext Plus University of Auckland only], NZP 658.05 M267.
    Every year the December issue has a special section called the 'Management top 200 New Zealand companies'. The listings are usually accompanied by an article giving an overview and also by mini-listings, for example the ten biggest profit and loss makers, 20 companies with the most improved turnovers. The companies include listed and unlisted, New Zealand subsidiaries of overseas companies, producer boards, co-operatives, and state-owned organisations operating as limited liability companies. The main list ranks the top 200 companies by turnover, but within the table data rankings are also given for profit after tax, provision of tax, interest paid, total assets, earnings before interest and tax, return on assets, shareholders funds, return on shareholders funds, and number of employees. The top 200 financial institutions are also ranked in a separate list They are ranked by total assets but accompanying tables give additional data.
  • New Zealand financial institutions performance survey. NZP 332.10995 P36.
    This annual report from KPMG included rankings for overall performance, total assets, credit quality measures, soundness measures, and profitability and efficiency measures. Rankings are given for trading, retail and branch banks, finance companies and savings institutions.
  • New Zealand survey of corporate environmental responsiveness : a survey of top New Zealand companies by turnover. NZP 658.408 N532.
    From the Centre for Business and Sustainable Development, Massey University, the annual 1999 - 2003 survey results are online at the Massey site (click the Research Programme button).
  • Corporate value report(2005) from PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
  • Deloitte Fast 50
    50 fastest growing companies
  • Kompass - New Zealand's top 100 companies. Detailed profile information available via the University of Auckland signon
  • New Zealand's 100 biggest IT users from MIS : managing information strategies. The list is usually in the June issue.
    Global Market Information Database
    Type the company name in the text box and leave only the Companies and Shares box ticked. The results will be various listings of rankings eg one of the results for a search on Fonterra is the top countries by market value for dairy products for the world.Only the largest New Zealand companies are in this database.
 

Journal articles Top of page

Individual articles in journals and newspapers are not listed separately on Voyager. The databases and indexes listed below are suggested starting points for finding references to articles on companies. See also the listing of Business & Economics databases. Note: access to all databases is for the University of Auckland community only .

  • INNZ: Index New Zealand
    No full text articles on this database. It is as its name says, an index. It is worth searching for articles about New Zealand companies because it indexes some of the major popular business journals including HER Business. Do a serial title search on Voyager by the title of the journal found on Index New Zealand to see if the Library has the full text of the article in a print journal or online in another database.
  • Newztext Plus
    This database has the full text of the National Business Review, the Independent, a selection of major New Zealand business magazines including NZ business and New Zealand Management, the full text of daily newspapers including the Herald, the Radio New Zealand news database and Newzindex. Note that not articles from the Herald are in NewzText - it is useful to also search the Factiva database
  • Australia New Zealand Reference Centre has the full text of articles in North & South, Metro, New Zealand Management, New Zealand Herald, NZ business and New Zealand management. Many of the articles are available as pdf files.
  • Unlimited
    Although this magazine is indexed by both INNZ and Newzindex, it is also advisable to search the Unlimited website. When in the site use the Search unlimited box - type in the company name.
  • ABI Inform
    International in coverage. It does include some New Zealand journals, including New Zealand Management, but will also give articles in international journals about New Zealand companies.
  • Business Source Premier
    International in coverage. As with ABI Inform it does include some New Zealand journals but will also give articles about New Zealand in international journals.
  • Factiva
    News items and company profiles.Good for obtaining stock prices for listed companies worldwide, and also directors, and recent news items. Use the companies/markets button at top of the screen, and click Quotes for prices, or Company for recent news, and company snapshot. Once you have obtained your company you are offered news, financial reports or you can build a report such as a competitor analysis.
  • Radio New Zealand news database is continuously updated and has the transcripts of all news stories since 1 January 1998.
  • Consult our new Library guide Finding New Zealand business magazines and newspapers

Case studies Top of page

See the guide on Case studies for hints on how to search Voyager and journal databases. There are case studies at:

The magazine Unlimited often includes case studies. Unlimited is indexed by Index New Zealand and is also full text online at its own website.

IPOs

Broker reports

  • Investext Plus
    Investext Plus is a financial research database providing access to the top brokerage firm, investment bank, and trade association reports on companies and industries. Reports are from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the Asia/Pacific, including New Zealand. Brokers include Deutsche Bank Securities, Thomson Financial Securities Data, Abn Amro and Institutional Shareholder Services. The complete list of brokers is accessed using the Browse Contributor feature

TNCs, MNEs & Investment

  • World investment directory or use alternative entry point
    It includes information by industry sector and by company name. Older print volumes are at S1/UN INVd [Statistics Collection, Level M, General Library]. The full profile report for New Zealand gives named TNC companies by industry sector and country of head office, plus those NZ companies who have offices offshore.
  • World investment report / UNCTAD. [338.88 W927 ].Annual 1992 onwards. See country fact sheet on the website. Includes a table of cross-border M&A purchases with total numbers given but no companies are named.

See also


Asian Region:
The Asia: NZ website has useful publications including Success Asia report : How New Zealand enterprises succeed in Asian markets This report names companies, particularly small companies.

For articles on New Zealand firms entries into Asia and the EU see:
Henry Chung's web page.
Christina Stringer's web page

Additionally, for New Zealand companies operating overseas see

Mergers & Acquisitions

Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions League Tables for New Zealand:

This data is drawn from:
  • SDC Platinum [University of Auckland only, teaching staff, post graduate students currently enrolled for Honours, Masters or PhD].
    Specialist database with some information on mergers and acquisitions.
See also:
  • Commerce Commission.
    The Commerce Commission was established in 1986. See most information under the Public Registers tab. Brief comments on mergers and acquisitions by named companies are in the Annual Report G34 of the Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives [NZP 328.95 N56a]
  • CAFCA (Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa)
    Listing of OIC / OIO decisions from 1994 onwards
  • Overseas Investment Office
    • Annual statistics online from 2002 onwards
    • Foreign investment in New Zealand / Overseas Investment Commission releases
      [1979,1981 at NZP 332.11 B93, patchy 1989 onwards at S2/NZ INVf]
      In November 1979 and November 1981 this publication was issued as a supplement to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin. The 1979 supplement is at the back of the 1979 bound volume of the Bulletin, the 1981 supplement is in the 1981 bound volume of the Bulletin with the November issue (shelved at NZP 332.11 B93).Information given is fairly much standard over time, although the 1979 and 1981 publications do give additional tables based on Balance of Payments statistics. It is possible to get a time series of data from 1965 onwards. Regular tables include:
      • overseas takeovers in New Zealand (country of final ownership x % of overseas ownership x NZ$value)
      • overseas takeover approvals x industry
      • overseas companies commencing business in New Zealand (country of direct ownership x purpose of application x % of overseas ownership) - overseas companies commencing business x industry.
  • New Zealand Gazette.
    Online: notices from 1993, pdfs of each issue from 2000 onwards.Print: NZP 354.95 N533.
    The Company notices include appointment and release of receivers/managers/liquidators, removals, cessation of business in New Zealand, applications for winding up, partnership notices and alteration of memorandum of association.
  • Takeovers Panel
    Click the Decisions link. There are Panel Decisions from 2001 onwards.
  • World investment report / UNCTAD. [338.88 W927 ].
    Annual 1992 onwards. See country fact sheet on the website. Includes a table of cross-border M&A purchases with total numbers given but no companies are named.
  • Foreign direct investment database from UNCTAD. Free but registration is required.
    There is data from 1987 onwards. No companies are named. There is annual data for numbers of sales and purchases.

Ownership

  • New Zealand business who's who. NZP 658.058 N53.
    A listing of companies, private and public. In the print edition there is a separate listing of 'subsidiaries and associated companies cross-referenced to parent companies in the main section'.
  • Who owns whom. Australasia, Asia, Middle East & Africa. 338.8 W62 [Business Quick Ref. Level M].
    A directory of parent, associate and subsidiary companies. Coverage is wide ranging to include all types of industry. Information can be accessed by the names of parent companies and by subsidiaries.
  • World investment directory
    Older print volumes are at S1/UN INVd [Statistics Collection, Level M, General Library].
    The full profile report for New Zealand gives named TNC companies by industry sector and country of head office, plus those NZ companies who have offices offshore.

See also TNCs, MNEs and investment

Wealth creation Top of page

  • Summary analysis of New Zealand wealth creators [pdf, August 2002, Commerce Commission website]
    'Stern Stewart Wealth Creators data for the 35 largest New Zealand public companies, as listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange'. Data for 1999, 2000, 2001. Each company is also ranked and industry category listed. Uses the MVA/EVA.
  • Joseph Healy has been the main contributor to discussion on shareholder value creation by New Zealand companies around 1999 - 2002.
    Corporate governance and wealth creation in New Zealand. 2002
    Appendix One has a Summary analysis of New Zealand top companies which includes EVA and MVA data for 2001. Table 4.2 is a comparison of the NZSE top 10 stocks by market capitalisation 1991, 1996 and 2001.

    Shareholder Value: Is There a Corporate Governance Crisis in New Zealand? Presentation to the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, 11 April 2002
    EVA, per capita share-market value (SMV) to GDP per capita, market capitalisation as a percentage of GDP. The accompanying presentation slides with statistical data are not included. A small table for per capita share-market value (SMV) to GDP per capita for New Zealand and selected OECD countries is included in New Zealand capital markets (2001).
  • Search the Index New Zealand and Newztext Plus databases for additional articles on the topics of EVA, wealth creators, wealth erosion, and shareholder value creation.
  • Stern Stewart produce company lists based on the EVA measure. Their website has lists for US companies.
  • The Corporate Renaissance Group shows how to create enterprise value.

Case Law Top of page

See also New Zealand legal resources for business students

Historical information Top of page

  • The University of Auckland Business history project has the histories of some of Auckland's major companies:
    ASB Bank
    Barfoot & Thompson
    DB Breweries
    Levene
    Fletcher Construction
    Ports of Auckland
    Winstones
    Fisher And Paykel
  • Fletcher Challenge archives
  • An archival directory of business records held in the Auckland region. Edited by S.R.H. Jones and M. Wishart. Auckland, NZ : Buttle Wilson Group, 1993. NZP 338.74099511A67.
    This publication has an excellent introduction which, as well as providing an overview to methodology in business history, also outlines official publications and institutional/commercial publications as sources of information. The body of the book lists records under the following broad industry headings: agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing; mining and quarrying; food, beverage, tobacco; wood processing and wood product manufacture; manufacturing; electricity, gas and water; wholesale and retail trade; transport, storage and communication; business and financial services; community, social and personal services.
  • Appendix to the journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. NZP 328.95 N56a.
    Consult the Indexes at NZP 328.95 N56li. Headings to look under include Colonial industries; Industries and commerce; Coal; Mines; Iron. The AJHR has reports of government departments, Royal Commissions, and select committees. The Introduction in An archival directory... (see above) notes some AJHR reports of particular significance.
  • New Zealand Gazette.
    Online: Notices from 1993, pdfs of each issue from 2000 onwards.
    Print: NZP 354.95 N533. Has 1854 onwards.
    The Company Notices include appointment and release of receivers/managers/liquidators, removals, cessation of business in New Zealand, applications for winding up, partnership notices, and alteration of memorandum of association.
  • The Dictionary of New Zealand biography. NZP Quick Ref. 920.095 D55.
    This will give information about founders of New Zealand companies.
    Volume 1 1769-1869
    Volume 2 1870-1900
    Volume 3 1901-1920
    Volume 4 1921-1940
    Volume 5 1940-1960
    Main access is by person but each volume also has a categories index where people can be accessed under broad categories. Suggested categories to look under include: Commercial activities, Construction, Manufacturing and trades, and Reform.
  • Exporters' Directory
    The Report of the Department of Industries and Commerce for the year ended 31 March 1970, AJHR H44 [NZP 328.95 N56a], p.43 states that 'A revision of the New Zealand Exporters' Directory is nearing completion. This is a confidential directory compiled for use within the Department and by the trade commissioners overseas.' One section is a listing of companies who export and where they export to, the other section is a listing of export companies by commodity. This Directory may possibly be in the Department of Industries and Commerce archives.
  • Hansen, Donald. The directory directory : the family, local and social historian’s guide to contents and holdings of New Zealand almanac, business, postal and telephone directories 1842-1960. Wellington, NZ : Donald Hansen, 1994. NZP 016.9195 H24.
    It is divided into 4 parts. The main section (Part 2) gives details of the almanacs plus where they are held. Very useful is Part 3 titled ‘Finding a directory by province, type (eg official, business, household) and decade’.
  • The Community Archive ( formerly National Register of Archives and Manuscripts, NRAM). "A catalogue of archival collections held in museums, local government bodies, libraries, historical societies, community repositories, and in-house business, educational, religious and sporting archives throughout New Zealand".
  • TAPUHI
    "is the Alexander Turnbull Library's catalogue of unpublished manuscripts and achives... Instructions on how to search the catalogue are contained in the introduction to TAPUHI." Search the Manuscripts and archives file for companies.
  • Hocken Library Archives and Manuscripts
  • MacMillan Brown Library: Archives (University of Canterbury)
  • University of Auckland Manuscripts and archives database.
  • Ville, Simon. A select bibliography of the business history of New Zealand. Auckland, NZ : Department of Economics, University of Auckland, 1993. NZP 016.65800995 V72.
    Arrangement is by broad subject heading within which are listed articles, books and theses about companies and industries.

Statistics Top of page

  • Business statistics tables
    Fairly detailed industry breakdown for overseas equity for enterprise size groups. Build tables around a variety of variables. No companies are named. Similar data is in:
  • Business characteristics
    This site has data for the number of enterprises, full-time and part time persons engaged and full-time equivalent persons engaged by degree of overseas equity and by major ANZSIC Division from 2000 onwards. See Employment size groups for enterprises. Prior to this, the data was in Business activity statistics. No companies are named.
  • Business activity statistics [S2/NZ BUSa].
    This annual publication up to and including 2000 from Statistics New Zealand gives data for enterprises and full-time equivalent persons engaged by degree of overseas equity (0-25%, 25-50%, 50 or more%) and by ANZSIC (only for the major division). From 2001 onwards this data is now on the Business characteristics page on Statistics New Zealand's website. No companies are named.
  • Understanding Aotearoa / New Zealand
    Table 3.3 has numbers of bankruptcies and new company registrations 1875-1994. Table 4.3 has data on company taxation 1965-1993 (company taxes net $m, company taxes as % of total). Table 4.4 company taxation 1992-1993 to 1994-1995 $m by named company.

 

Taxation Top of page

R & D Top of page

  • Compustat - R&D expense by named company. Choose Global industrial / commercial. Data are annual from 1993 onwards. Highlight data item DATA52 [Research and Development Expense]. Very patchy for New Zealand companies - and it is only those listed on the Stock Exchange
  • Other R&D sources from NZSTATS do not name companies but give data by industry.

 

SMEs Top of page

New Zealand leads international SME research.
'Small businesses in New Zealand have the opportunity to help change the international environment for exporters, says Small Business Minister Lianne Dalziel. Led by New Zealand, two international agencies - APEC and the OECD - are surveying thousands of owners of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) on the barriers they face when exporting goods, said Lianne Dalziel.' media release 25/1/2006

Consumer information and market share Top of page

Many marketing assignments require students to analyze the demographics and/or psychosocialgraphics of the environment within which companies operate.

  • A wealth of demographic information is available on the Statistics New Zealand website. See also Finding statistics about New Zealand.
  • The Global Market Information database [University of Auckland access only] includes country profile and market analysis reports. The market analysis reports usually include data for named companies as well as named brands.
  • Newzindex indexes New Zealand business and trade magazines and often includes articles with market share data.
  • The Consumer Research Group in the Department of Marketing at the University of Otago focuses on ' an ongoing study of NZ Consumer Lifestyles' with some research results available in pdf format on their website.
Comments and suggestions to: Julie Sibthorpe
Last updated: November 4, 2009